The most popular based on a tabletop RPG games
Video games and tabletop RPGs (TRPG) players often share an affinity. Video gaming companies took advantage of that and the result is quite some games based on pen and paper RPG systems. The most popular of them all is Dungeons & Dragons, but it's not the only one. Megatraveller, Space 1889 and Realms of Arkania are just some of the licensed games based on a non D&D TRPG.
Most popular based on a tabletop RPG games
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4.3/5 Nihilistic Software
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade" tabletop RPG by White Wolf Publishing. The game combines traditional RPG elements with real-time combat. Players control Christof and a party of vampire allies, cu...
Eye of the Beholder
DOS1991protected4.3/5 Westwood Studios
Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOS1991protecteddemo4.3/5 Westwood Studios
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a first-person party-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1991 as a sequel to the successful "Eye of the Beholder" game.Set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, specifically the Forgotten Realms ...
Baldur's Gate
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998protected4/5 BioWare
Baldur's Gate a fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe which is regarded as the RPG that brought new life in a dying genre in the late 90s. Baldur's Gate was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 1998 for Windows, Lunux and Mac. Some of the innovations that Baldur's Gate introduced to the RPG genre are the ...
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound
Windows2003canceled3.6/5 Black Isle Studios
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was an unreleased role-playing video game that was intended to be the sequel to the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate series. It was initially announced by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, back in 2002. The Black Hound was being developed using the Infinity Engine, the same engine used i...
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios
HeroQuest
DOSMac OS19913.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
Autoduel
DOS19853.9/5 Origin Systems
Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected4/5 BioWare
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is a party-based real-time with pause CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that shares the same gameplay as the sequel: the much acclaimed Baldur's Gate. Shadows of Amn was developed by BioWare and released by Black Isle Studios in 2000 for PC (Windows) and Mac.
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios
Dungeon Hack
DOS1993protecteddemo4.2/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Dungeon Hack is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game (RPG) developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS and is known for its randomly generated levels, making each playthrough a unique experience. The game is set in a first-person perspective, and players explore dungeo...
Menzoberranzan
DOS1994protected4/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Menzoberranzan is a old DOS fantasy first person perspective RPG developed by DreamForge Intertainment in 1994 from an original idea by John McGirk. Menzoberranzan setting is based on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaing setting. Menzoberranzan gameplay is party-based and class-based.
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected4/5 Beyond Software
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
DOS1994protected3.6/5 DreamForge Intertainment
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) released in 1994. It is set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft, which is known for its gothic horror themes. The game was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).The gameplay is based on the Advanced Dungeo...
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients
DOS19913.7/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...
Icewind Dale
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
DND
DOS19844.1/5
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva
DOS1996protected4/5 Attic Entertainment Software
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.1/5 Troika Games
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